Sunday's Copa America Final between Brazil and Peru averaged 3.1 million viewers, ranking as the most-watched Copa America final since 2007 – tripling the 2015 final (Chile vs. Argentina, 1 million total viewers). For the 2019 tournament, Telemundo had the exclusive television rights in the United States after ESPN decided to broadcast the games exclusively […]

Sunday was going to be a full day of celebration for soccer fans in the US. The USWNT was playing in the Women’s World Cup Final against the Netherlands and was expected to defend their title. Once the evening rolled around, the USMNT would play Mexico in an attempt to defend their Gold Cup crown. […]

In the July 2nd victory for the United States over England in the 2019 Women's World Cup semi-final, the viewing audience in the United States was 8,406,000. The semi-final delivered 7,386,000 viewers across FOX and streaming sources as well as 1.02 million viewers across Telemundo, NBCSN, TelemundoDeportes.com, the Telemundo Deportes app, and the NBC Sports […]

George Washington once said “make them believe that offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only (in some cases) means of defense.” Arsenal have been championing this sentiment for years now. Despite the club’s clear issues in defense, the Gunners have submitted a £40 million bid for Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha. […]

It wasn’t always pretty, but the USMNT got the job done on Wednesday against Panama to secure the top spot in Group D. Games against Panama at the Gold Cup tend to be ugly rock fights and this last game was no different as the US got out with a 1-0 and advances to the […]

The African Cup of Nations, the continent’s biggest football showpiece, is underway in Egypt. It kicked off on June 21 after a spectacular opening ceremony. The hosts, Egypt, went on to beat Zimbabwe by a lone goal in the first game of the tournament. Matches continue to play across the six groups and now Nigeria […]

Sports networks beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español have now returned to the PlayStation Vue streaming service in a boost for the US-based broadcaster. In June 2017, PlayStation Vue stopped streaming beIN SPORTS after a dispute over the fair market value of the network that carries a lot of soccer programming including LaLiga, Ligue […]

Arsenal are reportedly closing in on a move for Saint-Etienne center back William Saliba. The 18-year-old defender has been linked with the Gunners for weeks now and has even supposedly agreed personal terms with the north London club. Complications of the potential deal, however, involve his current club’s insistence in receiving the player back on […]

Despite getting the first half of this summer camp of to a dismal start with back to back shutout losses to Jamaica and Venezuela, the USMNT has bounced back well. They got their Gold Cup campaign under way with a 4-0 over Guyana and followed that up with a 6-0 thumping against Trinidad & Tobago. […]

The USMNT got their Gold Cup title defense off to a decent enough start, as they eased past Guyana by a final score of 4-0. However, the sentiment among the majority of the fans (and surprisingly a majority of the media) is that it could have and should have been a much bigger margin of […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations that's a free, printable download. Title holders Cameroon are focused on trying to win the 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations after winning the tournament in 2017. In this summer’s tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted in Cameroon, the competition […]

When the draw for this tournament was made back in December, most US fans took a look at the teams in Group F and knew that the final group game would be the toughest one. That’s not to disrespect teams like Thailand or Chile, but those two teams had a combined one Women’s World Cup […]

For UEFA, the best possible move that could have happened in the United States during the past 12 months is moving television coverage of the UEFA Champions League in Spanish-language to Univision Deportes. At the same time, the worst decision Turner Sports could have made when acquiring the UEFA Champions League rights was not to […]

In the opening weekend of the 2019 Copa America, Telemundo Deportes yielded a total audience delivery average of 1.14 million viewers across Telemundo, the Telemundo Deportes website as well as the Telemundo Deportes and NBC Sports apps, which surpassed the 2015 opening weekend average by 132%. Colombia’s 2-0 win against Argentina on Saturday was Telemundo’s […]

Excitement for the Gold Cup feels like it’s never been lower. Previous editions of the tournament have garnered low enthusiasm because in the year preceding the World Cup (2017, 2013, 2009, etc), most of the contenders send their B or C squads. But this is not one of those years. Everybody is bringing what they […]